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NEWSPAPER BINDER.

No. 357,042. Patented Feb. 1, 1887 N. PETERS, Phalo-Lkhngnpher. Washington no.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. SANFORD, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LYMAN D. BREWSTER AND. HENRY TIHOYT, OF SAME PLACE.

NEWSPAPER- BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 357,042, dated February 1, 1887.

Application filed Maroh15l1886. Serial No. 195,243. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES H. SANFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dan-. bury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Newspaper-Binders; and I do. hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. a

My invention relates to the class of binders or files in which a number of newspapers may be bound, and has for its object to simplify and improve their construction without in any way increasing their cost. In order to accomplishthese results, I have devised the novel construction of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, numbers being used to indicate the several parts of the device.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the binder in its opened position and ready for use, no papers being shown; Fig. 2, a cross-section through the holding-strips, the device being held in an inverted position and two papers shown secured in place; Fig. 8,an enlarged detail longitudinal section,s howing the manner in which the papers are secured in place; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail plan view, also illustrating the manner in which the papers are secured in place.

1 indicates the covers or sides of the binder, which are made of any suitable size to accommodate the papers which it is desired to bind, and 2, a flexible back by which thecovers are connected. The covers and the back may be of ordinary or any preferred construction.

3 indicates a double or endless strip or band, preferably made elastic at the top and bottom of the binder. Thesedouble strips or bands are providedon one side with a ring or loop,

4., and on the other side with'a buckle, 5, the

bands being adapted to slide freely through the ring 4., and also through the. ring or. loop of the buckle.

6 is a strap, preferably made elastic, one end of which is securedto ring 4; and the other end firmly secured to the inner side of the cover, at some distance from the inner edge thereof.

7 is a strap firmly secured to the opposite cover, the free end of which is adapted to engage buckle 5. This strap,as well as strap 6, and the double strip or band 3 may be made elastic. In practice I have made them all elastic, although if strip 3 is made of firm strong elastic, the same result will be accomplished.

8 indicates guide-rods, which are firmly secured to the inner edges of the covers, one at top and bottom on each side. The object of the guide-rodsis to hold the endless strip 3 in operative position, the strip inits doubled form passing under the rods, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The guide-rods may be held in position in any suitable manner. In the drawings I have illustrated loops 9 for that purpose, which are firmly secured to the inner sides of the covers.

10 indicates clamps by which the papers are held in place. These clamps may be of any preferred construction. I preferably,however, use ordinary McGill paper fasteners, which answer the purpose perfectly.

' 11 indicates papers held in position by the clamps. 7

The operation is as follows. \Vhen it is desired to insert a paper, the covers are laid open, as in Fig. 1, and a clamp passed through the outer fold of strip 3, and then through the paper, care being take-n to insert the clampin such a manner that when the points are pressed out to fasten it they will lie longitudinally of the paperthat is to say, the points of the clamp will lie in the fold'of the paper, the head of the clamp lying against the back fold of strip 3, all of which is clearly shown in Fig. 3. In practice, two of these endless strips will be found quite sufficientto hold the larg= mits it to be readily removed, and,if desired,

it may be restored to its old place in the same manner. Any number of papers may be removed or added at any time without disturbing the arrangement of those in the binder and without marring them, and the whole op eration may be completed in an instants time.

I do not desire to limit myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that they may be considerably varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

1. The covers and double elastic strips 3, attached thereto, in combination with clamps 10, passing through the outer fold of the strip from the back and engaging the papers to be bound.

2. In a paper-binder, the covers provided with guide-rods 8, and connected by back 2, in combination with an elastic band passing under said guide-rods and having a ring and buckle, through which it slides freely, and strap (5, connecting the rings to one of the covers, and straps 7, connected to the other COVQlfllltl engaging the buckles.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CH ARLES II. SANFORD.

Witnesses:

MA In? A. LOGAN, JABEZ AMSBURY. 

